Radiocabinet



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A. E. REUSS RADIO CABINET Filed July 1, 1924 Patented .Feb. 1, 192 7." UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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' Application filed July 1, 1924. Serial No. 723,584.

It is theobject of my invention to provide I a radio cabinet of knock-down form, and

provide it with means for ready access to the interior ofthe cabinet for attention to electrical connections or devices therein, andwhereby the cabinet may be readily'opened for such attention.

In the making of radio sets it is usual to aflix the electrical connections to a front panel and a base, or to the front, panel only, and to have electric conductors 'connectlng with the electric devices in the inside of the cabinet leading into the cabinetfrom the.

outside.

It is the object of my. invention to provide ready means whereb' the top, back and sides of the cabinet may e readily removed, and. to further provide an insulatin strip which normally forms part of one o the upright walls of the cabinet, whichhas releasable connection with said wall, and has binding posts thereon, so that said wall may be removed while leaving said insulating strip in place,

in order that the electrical connections from the outside to the inside of the cabinet-may not be disturbed. Y

It is the object of my invention, further, to provide ready connecting means between the base and panel and the sides and top, whereby the panel is securely held in place and the top and sides held to the base and panel.

The invention will be further readily understood from the following descrlption and claims, and from the drawings, in which latter: 7

Fig. .1 is a perspective view of a radio cabinet embodying my invention. 7

Fig. 2 is arear elevation of the same partly broken away."

Fig.. 31s a vertical cross-section of the 1 same taken. on the irregular line 3-3 of Fig. 4-is a detail of the latching means,

[in horizontal section taken on the line 4--4 latching meansyfifaken' on the line 55 of Fig. 1, and partly broken away.

Fig. 6 is a detail of the insulating strip taken in section on the line 6-6 of .Fig. 7 is a detail of the releasable- 'cover,

. taken in section on the line 7-7 of Fig.- 1;

and

Fig. 8 is a plan view of the back with the sides folded in knock-down relation.

electing wit "tical cross-section of the In the present exemplification, the radio cabinet comprises a front panel 11, on which suitable electrical devices of a radio receiv .ing set are suitably mounted, exem lified for instance as comprisingan ampli er 14,

struments, and lead to the outside 'of the cabinet, and electrical conductors 25 may also be connected with these instruments andwith suitable electrical instruments 27, 28, mounted on the. base 31, usually of wood, these electrical instruments being represented as tube amplifiers and batteries respectively.

Electrical conductors 34 may have electrical connection with said latter instruments and be extended outside of the cabinet.

The cabinet is provided with a back 41, sides 42, 43, and a top 44, which-are preferably arranged knock-down with relation to the base'and panel.

The base is provided with a channel-pigce 46, secured thereto by screws 47. The nt' panel is reIea sably received in said channelp ece.

The sides are provided with front flanges 49 .received in front of the front panel. The sides are also provided at their rear ends anges 51, said flanges conmeans of hinges 52, 53, whereby the sides can be arranged substantially parallel with the backwhen the parts'iare in knock-down relation, for taking up little space.

. 'The top is provided with a rear gflange 55, a front flange 56, and end fla front flange and the end flanges aving re-.

. versely bent ends 58. Thefronfi ange is received in front of the top of the panel, and the end flanges are received at the respective ends of the back i s 57, the n outside faces of the side walls, for positioning the front panel andthe' side walls with 1 relation to the top, and preventing outward movement of thefront panel and side walls.

- The reverse bending of the front flange.

and the end flanges provides an extended edge for thetop, extended beyond the front and side walls. The front panel is received in the channel of the channel-piece of the base and has the front flanges 49 of the sidewalls and the front flange 56 of the top received in front of the same. p

The base is provided with a keeper 61 fixed thereto adjacent each end thereof inside the positions of the side walls. A latchlever 62 is provided with a latch 63 and is pivoted to the side wallon a pivot-pin 64, secured to said side wall and located adjacent to the latch.

The lever extends upwardly parallel with the side wall, and is provided with a front flange 65 and with a. top fiange 66. The

pivot-pin 64: is closely adjacent to the channel-piece 46 and, in order to provide ready swinging of the latch-lever on its pivot, the heel of the latch is provided with a rounded face 67. There are side. walls7l provided at the keeper to relatively. locate the latch and the keeper in sidewise relation whereby lateral position of the side wall is determined,

and a top wall 72, whereby the sides are held downwardly upon the base.

The upper end ,of the latch lever is secured to the top, as by means of a screw 73 passing through a "hole in the top and threaded in a threaded hole in the upper flange 66' of the latch-lever.

-The relation of the parts is such that when the latch-lever is swung to fix the same in place, it presses upon the front panel for pressing the front panel against the flanges -'in front of the same for readily securing the front panel in place. The latch-lever and itskeeper secure the sides to the base, and the fastening means at the top of the latchlever secure the top to the sides and base.

- There is one of the latch-levers and keepers at each end of the front panel.

Clips 7 6 are provided, by means of which the rear wall is secured to the base, screws 7 7 being received therethrough and screwing into the base, and screws 78 being received therethrough and being screwed into threaded holes in the lower edge of the rear wall. The top is provided with an opening 81 arranged to be closed by a cover 82. The margin-of the opening has a flange 83 thereabout, and the cover has a marginal flange 84 coactingtherewith. The cover has spring clips 85 fixed thereto, which are received under the margin of the opening in the top, for releasably' holding the cover to the top. The cover is readily removedby prying under theflange with a'raising motion.

"One'oftheupright walls of the cabinet,

represented as rear wall, is provided connecting with suitable electric devices of the radio receiving apparatus at the outside of the cabinet.

The binding-post panel is positioned by .means of clips 93, shown secured to the base 31 by screws 94, the binding-post panel being secured to these clips by passing the shanks of selective ones of the binding-posts through said panel and electric insulating thimbles in the clips, the binding posts being clamped in said panel and thimble by the clamps at the ends of the binding posts.

The releasable connection between the rear wall and the binding postpanel is shown as formed by contact between the margin of the opening with the margin of the hinding-post panel, the rear wall being held in place by the clips 76.

The back, side walls and top and cover of my improved cabinet are arrangedto be struck up from sheet metal, making a cheap and strong construction, readily arranged ing lining applied thereto, the insulating lining of the side walls being shown at 96, that of the rear wall being shown at 97, that for knock-down purposes' and, if desired, the inner faces thereof may have an insulatof the top being shown at 98, and that of the cover being shown at 99. v

Having-thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: I

- 1. In combination, a radio cabinet comprising a base, a panel, a top, and sides, and means securing said panel between said base "and said top including keepers on said base,

latch-levers plvoted to saidsides comprising latches received by said keepers, and securing means between said latch-levers and said top, and arranged whereby said latch-levers exert pressure on said panel.

2. In combination, a radio cabinet comprising a base, a panel, a top and sides, said base, said sides and said top provided with flanges in front of said panel, keepers on said base, latch-levers pivoted to said sides adjacent to said panel, said latch-levers including latches complemental to said keepers, and securing means for saidlateh-levers so arranged as to cause said latch-levers to press said panel toward said flanges.

3. In combination, a cabinet comprising a base, a panel, hingedly connected back and sides and a top, said sides adapted to be substantially parallel with said back when in knock-down. relation,

knock-down radio cabinet comprising a front panel and a base a top andsides provided with flanges in means for securing said back to the rear of said base,.keepers on the front portion of said base, latch levers including latches received under said keepers, and securing means between said top and said latch-levers adjacent to said panel.

4. In combination, a knock-down radio front of said panel, keepers on said base ad,-

jac'ent said sides, latch-levers including latches complemental to said keepers, pivots on said sides for said latch-leversadjacent to and lateralrelations, and connecting means between the upper ends of said latch-levers and said top arranged whereby said latchand whereby said base, sides, top and panel are fixed together.

5. In combination, a radio cabinet com-- prising a front panel, a base, and knockdown back, sides and top, saidback and sides forming walls the lower'end'of one of said walls being provided with a recess, a-

panel normally closing said recess, said, last named wall releasable fromsaid last-named panel, and releasable connecting means connecting said back, said sides andsaid top with said front panel and said base, and arranged whereby'said back, top and sides are removable from said front panel, said base and said last-named panel. k i

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name. V ARTHUR EREUSS. 

